Steinunn Gunnsteinsdóttir admits that it took her family more than a few attempts to be able to make leather from fish skins. “The first 200 times we just made smelly fish soups,” she says. Ms Gunnsteinsdóttir is the sales manager…
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Facebook to unveil new cryp to currency
Facebook is set Tuesday to unveil a bid to bring crypto currency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants. The world’s biggest social network is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching…
Dipankar Dipon to make film on RAB
Entertainment Desk After the record breaking local and international success of his debut cop thriller “Dhaka Attack,” director Dipankar Dipon has announced a new film based on the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the…
Miles announces 40 year anniversary plans
Culture Desk A press conference on the 40 years anniversary celebration of Miles was held yesterday at the Seminar Hall of The Daily Star office in Dhaka. The band will perform in Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Khulna after completing an…
All-girl pop band Lace Fita releases first single
Entertainment Desk Reality show “Sunsilk Divas” ended a couple of months ago. The winners of the competition Antara, Moumita, Sheetal, and Sunanda formed an all-girl pop band, Lace Fita, as announced before the competition. A song by the newly formed…
Karan Deol pens a poem for dad Sunny Deol
Bollywood actor Karan Deol, has written a heartfelt poem for his father, actor and recently elected Member of Parliament (MP) Sunny Deol, in celebration of Father’s Day on June 16. Karan wrote the poem on Instagram and shared it with…
2,05,578 children to be fed vitamin-A plus capsules in C’nawabganj
A total of 2,05,578 children would be administered vitamin-A plus capsules in Chapainawabganj district as part of the National vitamin A plus campaign on June 22. This was revealed by Civil Surgeon of Chapainawabganj district hospital Dr. Md. Saiful Ferdous…
Riteish Deshmukh to play Tiger Shroff’s big brother in Baaghi 3
Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Baaghi 3 has a new addition and it’s Riteish Deshmukh. The actor is all set to play the big brother of the new action star, Tiger in the film. The film will be helmed…
Amitabh Bachchan pays off debt of 2100 farmers in Bihar
Amitabh Bachchan has been a part of several causes including tuberculosis campaigns and calamity fundraisers. He has time and again made big financial contributions towards families of martyrs and catastrophe stuck areas in the countries. Last year, he paid off…
China’s largest ever Picasso exhibition opens
The largest Picasso exhibition ever held in China opens on Saturday, featuring more than 100 works — many of them from the artist’s early years. The “Birth of a Genius” exhibition brings together the best of the Picasso Museum Paris,…
Kareena to reunite with Aamir Khan for Hindi remake of Forrest Gump?
After Karan Johar’s period drama, Takht and Homi Adajania’s Angrezi Medium, Kareena Kapoor Khan has given her nod to another big project and it’s one of the most awaited projects already. Thanks to the incredible popularity and credibility of its…
Varun will be seen with fresh faces in Street Dancer 3D
Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor are once again coming together after ABCD 2 with Street Dancer 3D. Varun has been occupied with the film for a while now and going by his social media posts, we’re sure he’s worked hard…
Apollo moon rocks help transform understanding of universe
Moon rocks look rather nondescript —they are often gray in color — but for NASA planetary scientist Samuel Lawrence, they are the “most precious materials on Earth.” What is certain is that the lunar samples first gathered by Apollo 11’sNeil…
Environment pollution kills 2.34 lakh people in Bangladesh every year
Air pollution causes deaths to 2.34 lakh people every year in Bangladesh while air pollution is blamed for 21 percent death during the same time, according a report-2018 of World Bank. Death caused by environment pollution is 10 times higher…
Instagram, PlayStation hit with outages
An Instagram outage on Thursday left users of the Facebook-owned social network flocking to Twitter to vent frustration. The website DownDetector.com showed a spike in reports of Instagram being unavailable in the afternoon, nearly hitting 54,000 before diving back down.…
Bitter gourd cultivation changing Manikganj farmer’s fate
Cultivation of bitter gourd on a large scale in different upazilas of the district and fair price of the crop has started changing the fate of several thousand farmers. Most of the bitter gourd farmers are very happy as they…
Tanushree Dutta reacts to Nana Patekar getting clean chit in Me Too case
Tanushree Dutta returned from United States of America after a decade and started a wave of the Me Too campaign in Bollywood when she accused actor Nana Patekar of sexual harassment and abuse in 2008 on the sets of Horn…
Bharat inches closer to 200 crore mark at Indian box-office
Start with Salman Khan, add Katrina Kaif to the cast and then release the film on Eid, this is the tried and tested recipe to a blockbuster film. After the massive success of Tiger Zinda Hai, Salman and Katrina collaborated…
Vikram Phadnis is all set for his next directorial venture
Vikram Phadnis is known by all for his exceptional couture work and designs and has been one of the most cherished designers in the industry. In 2017, the fashion designer made his directorial debut with Marathi film Hrudhyantar and won…
Netflix gets its game on at E3 with ‘Stranger Things’
Netflix on Wednesday made its first formal appearance at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, showcasing plans for video games based on hit original shows such as “Stranger Things.” The streaming television powerhouse is looking to expand its original shows into…
Holistic effort stressed to stop child labour
Concerted effort of all government and non-government entities has become an urgent need to prevent child labour for the greater interest of flourishing children’s physical and mental health. Many children especially coming from the poor and distressed families suffer from…
Remake of Tapan Chowdhury’s first song after three decades
Culture Desk After more than three decades a popular production from Tapan Chowdhury-Ayub Bachchu-Khoshnur has been reengineered to suit modern tastes. Titled ‘Mone Koro’ the song was composed and arranged by late band musician Ayub Bachchu, written by the first…
Jaya coming as first woman serial killer
Cultural Correspondent Jaya Ahsan is now set to revive the first female serial killer in India. Named Troilokya this lady roamed the streets of West Bengal in the late 1800s to switch from one crime to another for livelihood before…
Bangladesh Film Festival begins in Seoul
The 2nd Bangladesh Film Festival organised by the Embassy of Bangladesh was started at the Yongsan Art Hall of Seoul on Tuesday. Chairman, Korea-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group Kim Kisun, MP and Mayor of Yongsan County Jang-Hyun Sung were Guests of…
Bharat continues to shine at box-office
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer Bharat has been minting big bucks ate the box-office ever since its release. The film crossed the Rs. 100 crore mark 4 days after hitting the screens. The film further justifies the fact that…
Submersible pumps bring smile on Barind people face
Submersible pumps have brought boon for the people of drought-prone Barind area here, supplying safe drinking water to over 2.80 lakh marginalized people including 68,000 ethnic minority ones. Apart from this, more eight lakh people in 38 Union Parishads (UPs)…
Quarter of pesticides used in US are banned in EU
More than a quarter of the total volume of pesticides used in US agriculture are banned in the European Union, and 3 percent and 2 percent are banned in China and Brazil respectively, according to a study published yesterday in…
Sushmita Sen preps for return
Sushmita Sen posted a photo on Instagram hinting at her comeback on the screen. When will Sushmita Sen make a comeback? This is perhaps a question that the actor’s fans have been asking for several years now. But it is…
Shabdabali to premiere drama on Female Freedom Fighters
Cultural Correspondent Shabdabali Theatre will start touring with their newest production ‘Baishakhini’ from today. The drama will be premiered at Bhola Zilla Shilpakala Academy in Bhola today. This is the 66th production from Shabdabali, the renowned theatre troupe based in…
Rangpur region has record 2.2 mln tones Boro rice output
With multi-dimensional assistance of the government, farmers have produced an all-time record 21.66-lakh tonnes of clean Boro rice (32.50 tonnes paddy) this season in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said farmers have exceeded the…